Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·JL163

Oven

Stone oven with an arched opening set into a rubble-stone wall, with fallen stones and soil in front.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL163. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A rubble-stone wall has a large arched opening, which is the oven, with its upper arch partly broken and grass growing along the top. In the foreground a heap of fallen stones and earth lies against the wall. Behind the structure a dry hillside with scattered shrubs slopes away to the right.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Ruined stone wall with an arched oven opening, its vault partly broken, and fallen rubble in front
Description, scan 2
A wall of irregular rubble stonework rises across the picture, with a large arched opening in the middle whose vault is partly broken away and has grass growing on top. Loose stones, earth and rubble lie in front of the opening. Behind the structure, a dry hillside with scattered shrubs and small terraces fills the background.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Oven.

Swedish, as on the record

Ugn.